title: Fractures of the posterior apophyseal ring of the lumbar vertebral body in young patients. Three cases.
abstract: Three cases of posterior apophyseal fracture of a lumbosacral vertebral body are described. This disco-apophyseal lesion is typical of adolescents and sports-related trauma. Like all acute and chronic apophysiolyses it is probably enhanced by a constitutional weakness of the apophyseal area, closely fused with the anulus fibrosus of the disc.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università di Ferrara.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Massari
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Chiarelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lupi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bighi
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed